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Celebrating 5 Years of BCCWITT – Sticker Design Contest!
June 30th, 2023 marks FIVE YEARS of BCCWITT! Since 2018, BCCWITT has been working to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive skilled trades industry where all feel welcome, healthy, respected and safe. To celebrate our organization's hard work over the past...
BC Insulators – Free 1 week Heat and Frost trades training!
BCCWITT is recruiting for another FULLY FUNDED introductory trades training cohort! This time, we have partnered with BC Insulators 118 to offer a week long essential training cohort from May 29th - June 2nd at the Insulator's training facility in Port Coquitlam....
#FeelGoodFriday: BCCWITT Celebrates the NCSRCC’s Be More Than a Bystander Delivery
Last month BCCWITT was invited to St Paul, Minnesota (on the ancestral and traditional lands of the Dakota people) to join the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters (NCSRCC) in their delivery of the Be More Than A Bystander program – where they trained...
BCCWITT EVENTS
Be More Than A Bystander: Shifting Skilled Trades Workplace Culture in BC (all-gender workshop)
This Pink Shirt Day, BC Centre for Women in the Trades (BCCWITT) will be hosting a FREE virtual all-gender Be More Than A Bystander workshop on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 from 7:00-8:30pm PST. Be More Than A Bystander is a training and educational program to support...
YWCA Changing Gears: Free truck driving training program for women
YWCA and WorkBC are offering a free 24-week truck driving training program for self-identifying women. Interested? Contact changinggears@ywcavan.org, 604-690-7341, or visit the program website.
Fraser Valley Diversity in Trades Meetup, Tues. Feb. 7 @ 7-9 pm
We’re going to be in Chilliwack for Cohort 9 of the RRP Leadership Training, and are hosting a Fraser Valley meetup! It’s for all tradies from underrepresented groups (Indigenous, people of colour, people with disabilities, 2SLGBTIAQ+, women), and will taking place on...
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Celebrating Construction Month with BCCWITT Career Advancement Bursary Recipients: Meet Zahida
